Former official reveals the intricacies of children's policy in Odesa

On June 23, the City Council's deputy commission on education, sports, and interaction with public organizations considered amendments to the City Targeted Program for Providing Housing for Orphans, Children Deprived of Parental Care, Persons from Among Them, and Large Families Raising Five or More Children for 2023-2025.

The Odesa City Council's Service for Children decided to propose this draft decision to the session on July 2, and the commission had to consider it. The deputies partially criticized the project, because in their opinion, it contains a number of measures that are not modern and ineffective, but they did not reject the program completely.

Each week, Intent.Insight looks at one issue that worries Ukrainians and raises topical issues and tries to solve specific problems, so the June 24 episode was devoted to the problems faced by children in Ukraine and Odesa, the situation with orphanhood, and the challenges of wartime.

The host and editor-in-chief of Intent, Valeriy Bolgan, spoke to Yulia Nikandrova on air.

Yulia Nikandrova is a journalist by profession. She has worked for TV and radio channels, headed the press service of the Odesa National Law Academy, and was a speaker for the Socially Active Citizen municipal online platform. She was the head of the Service for Children in Odesa from October 2019 to August 2024.

Currently , Tetiana Prodanchuk, who previously served as the first deputy head of the Kyiv District Administration of the Odesa City Council, is the head of the Service for Children of the Odesa City Council.

The previous edition of Intent.Insight was devoted to the language issue. The host Valeriy Bolgan talked to Andriy Vagapov, a member of the Odesa City Council.

The previous episode was devoted to how Kyivskyi district of Odesa is recovering from the air strikes. We also talked to the head of the administration and deputy Maryna Lozenko.

Кирило Бойко